LUCKNOW, June 29 -- After a delay of nearly a year, the construction work on the much-awaited Kesari Kheda overbridge has finally resumed, with authorities taking up the demolition of a multi-storey building that had become the main hurdle in its completion.

The demolition of the building at the Krishna Nagar-Kesari Kheda railway crossing comes as a big relief for nearly 5,00,000 residents across densely populated areas like Rajajipuram, Pandit Kheda, and Sadarona, who have long endured massive traffic snarls due to frequent railway gate closures, sometimes up to 62 times a day on the busy Lucknow-Kanpur rail section.

The demolition process began from the rooftop, following a notice served by the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) to t...